2025 Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Sociology & Anthropology isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #201 in popularity out of 363 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 62 bachelor's degrees in sociology & anthropology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on sociology & anthropology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other sociology & anthropology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt sociology & anthropology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized sociology & anthropology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for sociology & anthropology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Sociology & Anthropology Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Sociology & Anthropology in the Plains States Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in sociology & anthropology.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Sociology & Anthropology

1

Carleton College
Northfield, MN

23 Annual Graduates

Carleton College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in sociology & anthropology. Located in the distant town of Northfield, Carleton is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in sociology & anthropology from Carleton College

2

St Olaf College
Northfield, MN

24 Annual Graduates

St Olaf College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in sociology & anthropology. Located in the distant town of Northfield, St. Olaf is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in sociology & anthropology from St Olaf College

Best Sociology & Anthropology Colleges by State

Explore the best sociology & anthropology schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	215	41
Iowa	197	3
Nebraska	180	4

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Sociology & Anthropology Related Rankings by Major

One of 13 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, Sociology & Anthropology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Sociology & Anthropology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Sociology & Anthropology	62

Most Popular Majors Related to Sociology & Anthropology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government	2,042
Economics	1,821
Sociology	1,074
Anthropology	497
General Social Sciences	305
International Relations & National Security	236
Geography & Cartography	198
Urban Studies	45
Archeology	5
Other Social Sciences	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Internet Archive Book Images. More about our data sources and methodologies.